Silica – a valuable and healthy geothermal by-product by Icelandic entrepreneurs
When talking about geothermal energy, we mostly refer to power generation from geothermal resources and maybe even about heating. But we have also talked about utilising geothermal for greenhouse...
View ArticleAdditional wells required to maintain output Hellisheidi geothermal plant
Already planned in the overall set up of the 303 MW Hellisheidi geothermal power plant, ON – the operator – now needs to actually drill additional wells to maintain its operating capacity. The steam...
View ArticleGDC and IPPs urged to solve technical issues on geothermal development in...
The Menengai geothermal development is still lagging behind its plans. With drilling started in 2011, so far now geothermal power plant has gone online. Kenya’s Geothermal Development Company (GDC) is...
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Latest Top 10 List of Geothermal Countries – November 2016 (power generation...
On popular request, ThinkGeoEnergy provides here the latest Top 10 list of countries with installed geothermal power capacity. It shows the changes to the ranking with Turkey, slowly but surely moving...
View ArticleUp to $3.4 billion investment for geothermal expected by 2020 in Turkey
In a new report the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank, predicts that Turkey will attract up to $28 billion in investments in renewable energy by 2020. In...
View ArticleEnel Green Power and GE Energy Financial Services agree on joint ownership on...
With an increasing approach of companies setting its energy portfolio into infrastructure JVs, Enel announced the launch of a Fund structure around its renewable energy assets in the United States. As...
View ArticleIndonesian government removing land tax for geothermal developers
With a continuing struggle to speed up geothermal development in the country, the central government in Indonesia has decided to remove a land tax for companies exploring geothermal energy resources....
View ArticleInvestment cost of $100m expected for 30 MW geothermal project in Armenia
Following drilling for a geothermal project in Armenia financed by the World Bank, hopes are up for the development of a 30 MW geothermal power plant in the southern part of Armenia near the twon of...
View ArticleEfforts for Lithium exploration near geothermal operations in Nevada continue
Lithium continues to be a hot topic around geothermal development. Having reported on Canadian Dajin Resources Corp. before, the company has now announced having staked is pleased to report that it has...
View ArticleMontserrat geothermal project continues drilling campaign on third well
In a recent radio piece from Caribbean island state of Montserrat Radio, an update is provided on the Montserrat geothermal project. In the piece Nicolas Reyes, the Geothermal Project Manager at the...
View ArticleOrmat sells 37% equity stake in 20.5 MW unit of geothermal plant in Nevada
In an announcement today, Ormat Technologies, Inc. reports “that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Ormat Nevada Inc. (Ormat), closed a follow-on equity transaction with Northleaf Capital Partners...
View ArticleIndonesian and Dutch experts to provide geothermal exploration training
The Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) of the University of Twente in the Netherlands has been taking part in a trade delegation visiting Indonesia this week. During the...
View ArticleEU funding to help heat up swimming pool in Cornwall, UK
In a locally released press release it is announced that a local pool, Penzance’s Jubilee Pool, will be partially heated through geothermal hot water by as early as 2018 thanks to a GBP1.4m (EUR 1.8...
View ArticleGFZ in Potsdam to coordinate Europe-Mexico GEMex geothermal research project
Last week, we reported on GEMex, a European-Mexican geothermal research project and its launch in Morelia last week. In a recent piece of “Research in German”, a good overview is given on the...
View ArticleOpinion: geothermal risk insurance important to drive development in Indonesia
Mitigation of the drilling risk for geothermal projects continues to be one of the key issues discussed internationally, which includes Indonesia. In presentation earlier this month Riki Ibrahim,...
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Mitsubishi Hitachi JV eyeing Africa and Latin America for geothermal growth
Following the recent publication of an IFC document on the investment potential for renewable energy sources in the emerging markets, Africa, East Asia and Latin America are the key markets for...
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Tired of being in the dark, Africa focuses on renewable energy to power the...
In a recent piece in The Guardian, Akinwumi Adesina, the President of the African Development Bank, describes how “Africa is tired of being int he dark”. “We lose 5% of our potential GDP every year,...
View ArticleGeothermal bid in quest for 60 MW power development in Guam, Micronesia
In a quest to push development of up to 60 MW in power generation development, the Power Authority(GPA) of Guam, a U.S. island territory in Micronesia in the Philippine Sea (off the costs of the...
View ArticleYes there is something like geothermal pizza in Naples, Italy
We have been writing about geothermal food supplements, a the utlimate geothermal BBQ in Lanzarote, and now we stumble across a “geothermal pizza”. Reported by Deutsche Welle, a pizzaria in Naples in...
View ArticleKenGen wins prestigious JICA award for its Olkaria I Unit 4 & 5 geothermal...
KenGen has been awarded the prestigous Presidential Award by Japan’s Internatioanl Co-operation Agency (JICA) for its Olkaria I Units 4 and 5. The JICA Presidential Award is awarded to an individual or...
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